TAIPEI -- China's largest contract chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co., on Thursday said nearly one-third of its board of directors has resigned effective immediately, in a big reshuffle of high-ranking personnel after the company was blacklisted by the U.S. in late 2020.

SHANGHAI -- President Xi Jinping further consolidated his push for a third term Thursday, as the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee featured the leader in a "historical resolution" adopted to celebrate the ruling party's centennial.

PALO ALTO, U.S./NEW YORK -- A Chinese American scientist who was accused and later cleared of espionage charges has filed a complaint against the U.S. government, claiming she was the target of a biased investigation based on racial profiling.

Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi Distinguished Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power."

SINGAPORE -- Asia's airlines are struggling to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the biggest operators reporting significant losses -- again -- for the July-September quarter, reflecting the region's prolonged travel curbs.

TOKYO -- Isuzu Motors will start mass producing electric commercial trucks next year, becoming the first Japanese company to enter a market dominated by Chinese and European manufacturers, Nikkei has learned.

SINGAPORE -- Singapore Telecommunications doubled its net profit to more than $700 million in the sixth months through September, as its India unit turned around earlier losses.

HONG KONG -- A 31-year-old Hong Kong man was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on Thursday for chanting slogans seen as advocating independence from China, ending the second trial under the sweeping national security law imposed last year by Beijing.

Benjamin Loh is a senior lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at Taylor's University Malaysia and an associate of the Asia Center in Bangkok. Azmil Tayeb is a senior lecturer in political science at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang.

HONG KONG -- A 31-year-old Hong Kong man was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on Thursday for chanting slogans seen as advocating independence from China, ending the second trial under the sweeping national security law imposed last year by Beijing.